🔁 AmneziaWG Stopped Working — Switch to XRay

If AWG no longer connects or the connection hangs, your ISP has most likely started blocking this type of traffic. AWG runs over UDP, and on heavily filtered networks that traffic is throttled entirely. The fix is to move the server to XRay, which runs over TCP and disguises itself as ordinary HTTPS.

Symptoms

• The connection spins endlessly and drops on timeout.
• AWG used to work and stopped with no configuration changes.
• The same AWG connects on a different network (another carrier, wired internet).

If the server does not answer over SSH either, the protocol is not the problem — start with the step-by-step troubleshooting.

Step-by-step fix

1. Update the app. Download the latest AmneziaVPN client from GitHub — mandatory, because older versions handle XRay incorrectly.
2. Remove the old protocol. In the server settings inside the app, delete AWG completely.
3. Install XRay. Click “Add protocol” → XRay and set the masking parameters exactly:

Setting	Value
Port	443
SNI	ya.ru

4. Wait for the installation to finish (up to a minute) and connect with XRay selected.

If 443 with ya.ru did not work

Change one thing at a time:

What to change	Options	When to try it
Port	8443, then 80	443 is taken on the server or throttled by the ISP
SNI	2gis.ru, pochta.ru	masking as ya.ru does not pass DPI
Network	another carrier, wired internet	to find out whose network filters traffic

For manual setup with full control over ports, keys, and the masking domain, use the web panel: 3X-UI Panel and its alternative ports section.

Why XRay is more resilient

	AmneziaWG	XRay / VLESS + Reality
Transport	UDP	TCP + TLS
How the ISP sees it	obfuscated VPN traffic	an ordinary HTTPS connection to an allowed site
Load on the device	lower	slightly higher on weak devices
DPI resistance	high	maximum

Full protocol comparison — Protocols. Ideally keep both on the server: AWG for speed, XRay as the fallback.